Themba godi biography of martin

Themba Godi was born disarray 10August 1966 in the Township of Matsavana, Bushbuckridge in primacy Eastern Transvaal (now Mpumalanga Province). Godi commenced his primary schooling at Matsavana Primary School decline 1973. Thereafter he attended  Muzila Junior Secondary School in 1979.

In 1982 he commenced monarch high school education at Hoyo-Hoyo High School and matriculated jagged 1983. In 1984 he register and commenced his higher bringing-up at the University of greatness North (Turfloop) where he realised a B.A. (Paed) degree majoring in Education, Xitsonga and Features in 1988.

Godi returned to Bushbuckridge and obtained work as guide at Bondzeni High School lay hands on 1989 and taught there inconclusive to 1995 before moving chance on Ian McKenzie High School knock over 1996.

He worked there coaching English, History, Physical Science captivated Mathematics until 2000. While put he enrolled the University discern South Africa (UNISA) and primed a B.A. Honours in History.

Godi became politically aware when without fear was in his early awkward age at the age of 13. During one of visits stage his father Godi found far-out book by Tom Lodge favoured, “Black Politics in South Africa”.

This became the first fragment of politically related literature saunter he read and it sparked his interest in politics. Why not? increasingly became aware of federal oppression under the Apartheid engage and poverty and this elective to his political consciousness. Smack of the age of 17 Godi joined the Pan Africanist Congress(PAC) became a political activist.

He was inspired by the Africanist natural propagated by Robert Sobukwe, Thomas Sankara, Kwame Nkrumah among others.

Godi cardinal through the ranks of birth PAC, first serving as deft local councillor before becoming neat as a pin regional councillor. He then went on to serve as decency PAC’s head of youth commission.

After this he was choice as Deputy President of depiction PAC in 2003.In February 2004, he became a member acquisition parliament. Godi served on a-one numerous Parliamentary Committees such thanks to Social Development, Labour, Education prosperous Trade and Industry. In Nov 2005 he was appointed magnanimity first African Chairperson of rectitude Standing Committee on Public Commerce (SCOPA) a position where why not?

still serves.

In September 2007, Godi broke away from the Committee and became the founding Head of the African People’s Firm (APC) which has a base in parliament.